This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 57 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A period of abnormally high emotion and activity is called: A) Panic disorder. B) Generalized anxiety disorder. C) Phobia. D) Mania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mania. 2. Jose is one of the top baseball players in his league, but last week, he struck out on an easy pitch. When this happened, he smashed the water cooler in the dugout with his bat. According to Freud, Jose may be using the defense mechanism of A) Projection. B) Reaction formation. C) Regression. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Displacement. 3. The tendency for people to do worse on a task when in the presence of other people. A) Other-race-effect. B) Social inhibition. C) Social Facilitation. D) Altercation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social inhibition. 4. Relationships with family and friends fulfill this need in Maslow's Hierarchy A) Self-actualization. B) Love & belonging. C) Esteem. D) Safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love & belonging. 5. Cutting, burning, and other self-mutilating gestures are common in one with this personality disorder diagnosis. A) Histrionic. B) Borderline. C) Avoidant. D) Schizotypal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Borderline. 6. What personality trait is characterized by being organized and dependable? A) Conscientiousness. B) Neuroticism. C) Antagonism. D) Introversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conscientiousness. 7. What type of language do extroverted athletes prefer when they communicate with their teammates during a game? A) Contextually complex, contingent, weasel-word sentences. B) Black-and-white, concrete, simple language. C) Poetic, metaphorical, abstract language. D) Technical, precise, scientific language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black-and-white, concrete, simple language. 8. The ego uses ..... to protect us from anxiety produced by unconscious demands we can't safely satisfy or deal with. A) Defense mechanisms. B) Free association. C) The id. D) The superego. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defense mechanisms. 9. Which of the following is a belief of the Humanistic perspective of personality psychology A) People are attempting to satisfy ID desires. B) People are basically good and have free will. C) Traits define personality. D) We strive towards archetypes manifested in the collective unconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People are basically good and have free will. 10. Which theory does not have a personality component that we studied? A) Humanistic. B) Cognitive. C) Psychodynamic. D) Trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cognitive. 11. A study showed that childhood temper tantrums predicted divorce. This is an example of ..... predicting ..... A) T-data; S-data. B) O-data; L-data. C) L-data; T-data. D) S-data; T-data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O-data; L-data. 12. Proposed the inferiority complex. A) Jung. B) Adler. C) Freud. D) Rogers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adler. 13. Humanistic psychologist who introduced "self-actualization" A) Alfred Adler. B) Gordon Allport. C) Carl Jung. D) Abraham Maslow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abraham Maslow. 14. Personality tests in which ambiguous or vague test materials are used to elicit responses that are believed to reveal a person's unconscious needs, drives, and motives are called A) Objective tests. B) Projective tests. C) Self-reports. D) Semi-structured interviews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Projective tests. 15. Fill in the blank:The tendency to exert less effort when working in a group is called ..... A) Social Loafing. B) Group Polarization. C) Deindividuation. D) Social Facilitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Loafing. 16. Mrs. James can't understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn't her fault that he didn't receive the anticipated promotion at the factory. A) Projection. B) Denial. C) Displacement. D) Rationalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displacement. 17. Fill in the blank:The theory that suggests facial expressions can influence emotional experiences is called ..... A) Display Rules. B) Facial Feedback Effect. C) Behavior Feedback Effect. D) Broaden-and-Build Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facial Feedback Effect. 18. Marcia is having a difficult time keeping a consistent train of thought, she loses track of time and frequently daydreams of fun times she had as a small child. In fact she even begins using some old phrases from her younger years.: A) Regression. B) Repression. C) Denial. D) Sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regression. 19. A group of people who are about the same age and share similar interests. A) Identity. B) Modeling. C) Peer group. D) Defense mechanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peer group. 20. Feelings of acceptance and worth, usually from our parents, is referred to as: A) Universal archetypes. B) Collective unconscious. C) Unconditional positive regard. D) Determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconditional positive regard. 21. Two neighborhoods were frequently at odds with each other until a tornado struck the area and they had to work together to clean up and rebuild. This is an example of ..... A) Mere exposure effect. B) Groupthink. C) Superordinate goals. D) Deindividuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superordinate goals. 22. What model is used to break down personality into five general categories? A) The Five-Factor Model. B) The Big Ten. C) The Character Cube. D) The Personality Pyramid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Five-Factor Model. 23. Intrapsychic environment is A) Not as objectively verifiable as the physical or social environment. B) Often easy to verify through the analysis of dream. C) Relatively consistent across social but not physical environment. D) Based on how others in the environment react to a person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not as objectively verifiable as the physical or social environment. 24. The term neurotic means an individual is ..... A) Stable. B) Competent. C) Balanced. D) Unstable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unstable. 25. The part of the mind that contains material which we are unaware, but strongly influences us is known as ..... A) An archetype. B) The id. C) The ego. D) The unconscious. 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